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good afternoon. this is almost no idea more un-american then the notion that any one person could choose the american president, no idea more un-american. i agree with that. which is unusual because former vice president mike pence and i dont agree on much. these are his words spoken a few months ago about donald trumps attempt to pressure the former vice president pressure him into going along with an unlawful and unconstitutional scheme to overturn the 2020 and give dawn trump a seco...

authority ten, the chair now says that the committee approval to release the deposition -- good morning, last week, the select committee laid out a preview of our initial findings about the conspiracy overseeing and directed by donald trump to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, it blocked the transfer of power, a scheme unprecedented in american history. my colleagues and i dont want to spend time talking about ourselves during these these hearings, but as someone ...

impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. almost since the day capitol was attacked, so many that its hard to keep track, and harder still to be surpri...

msnbc world headquarters, here in new york. welcome everyone to alex with reports. developing this, our the generates committee is preparing for two more public hearings in the coming. week georgia secretary of state, binds raffensperger, and his top deputy gabriel sterling will testify today the committee focuses on donald trumps effort to overturn joe bidens 2020 victories, in georgia, and other swing states. earlier today, u.s. capitol police officer harry dunn, described to msnbc h...

about mike pence, that served to whip up the crowd. one of the rioters read it aloud. watch this. >> you just heard that mike pence is not going to reject any fraudulent elector votes! >> youre a traitor! >> thats right. you heard it here first. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! [ bleep ] you, mike pence. >> it was clear it was escalating and escalating quickly. >> hang mike pence. hang mike pence. >> so when that tweet, mike pence tweet, was sent out, i remember us...

the results was illegal. but they pushed anyway. listen to former trump white house lawyer eric herschmann on his conversation with eastman. >> i said are you out of your effing mind. i was completely blunt. i said youre crazy, youre going to cause riots in the streets. and he said words to the effect of, theres been violence in the history of our country to protect the democracy or protect the republic. >> testimony revealed even after the capitol riot, eastman pushed for delay in cer...

what was it? [ sighs ] i cant remember. top of the hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you along. im victor blackwell. were starting this hour with the questions of potential legal jeopardy for former president donald trump and his attorney john eastman. the january 6th committee made its most forceful case yet that trump was responsible for the capitol insurrection. this was their third hearing and the committee revealed evidence that trump and eastman knew that their plot to push th...

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about how the president tried to force it to an end. >> did you hear any part of the phone calls? >> yeah, i remember hearing the word wind. and i remember he said, you are our wind. >> new information today on the danger of the vice president faced as a result of the threats to his life, and the president know that thats what hes done. >> i am betrayed the united states of america. >> new evidence today showing that people working with the president to enact the scheme. they knew what...

investigation makes it case, day three, a losing presidential candidate, pressed to force his running mate, the vice president, to throw out the election results, to overthrow the u.s. government. >> when mr. eastman came in, he said, im here to request that you reject the electors. >> new witness testimony today about how the president tried to force it to an end. >> did you hear any part of the phone calls? >> yeah, i remember hearing the word wimp. and i remember he said, you are a ...